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J. P. GASTON & L. 0. SMITH.

MUSIC BOOK HOLDER.

No. 398,128. Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

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JAMES PINKNEY (ASTON AND LEONIDAS COXTAXTIXE SlvllTll, ()l' POLKTOX,

NORTH CAROLINA.

MUSIC-BOOK HQLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,128, dated February 19, 1889. Application filed June 19, 1888. Serial No. 277,579. (No modeld T aZZ whom it may concern; I (which are also spring-actuated) are inserted 50 Be it kno W11 that we, JAMES PINKNEY CAS- l in the sockets in the upper side of the press- TON and Lnormns CoNsTANTiNE SMITH, citii ure-bar G. Zens of the United States, residing at Polkton, It will be seen that if the transverse spinin the county of Anson and State of North 1 dies are withdrawn and the lower ends of the Carolina, have invented new and useful Imspring-arms G and M. are removed from the 55 provements in Music-Book Holders, of which I sockets in the pressurebars the levers may the following is a specification. i be removed from the body of the holder; and

Our invention relates to improvements in to remount the levers it is simply necessary music-book holders, having for its object to i to align the loops or staples thereon with the simplify and improve the construction and 1 spring-coils on the trout and rear sides of the 60 provide simple and easilyoperated means i body and insert the spindles. for turning the leaves without removing or It is obvious that the spring-armsnormally disturbing the holder. hold the pressurelevers pressed toward each The invention consists in a certain novel other at their lower ends tohold the pressureconstruetion and arrangement of devices fully bars in contact with the front and rear sides, 65 set forth hereinafter in connection with the respectively, of the book; and to remove the accompanying drawings,whereinbook it is necessary to press the upper ends Figure l is a perspective view of a musicof the levers toward each other, thereby sepholder embodying our improvements and aparating' the lower ends.

plied in the operative position toabook. Fig. The peculiar manner herein described and 7c 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the t shown of mounting the front and rear levers, same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the respectively, near the upper and lower edges holder detached from the book. E of the body enables the lower ends of the le- Referring to the drawings, A designates a vers to be spread very wide to receivea thick block forming the body of the holder, to the book and yet enables them to press almost di- 75 i rear side of which near the lower edge are sei rectly toward each other whether separated cured the spring-coils B B, havingthe dependor close together. Th uslarg e and small books ing arms C C integral therewith. The said are clamped with this holder with equal cf coils align with each other, and the transverse fectiveness. The ends of the erescent-shaped spindle D mounted therein. The rear bar bear on the leaves of the book on oppo- 8o pressure-lever E is provided on its front side site sides of the binding, and the rear pressnear the upper end with the loop or keeper F, ure-bar bears directly against the binding at which is mounted on the transverse spindle its center, but prevents the book from being 3 5 between the coils, and the lower end of the opened beyond the flat position.

said lever is provided with the horizontal 0 represents a swinging arm, which is piv- 85 pressure-bar G to bear against the rear side oted to the front pressurelever near its lower of the book. end, and the said lever is capable of swinging Coils H H are attached to the front side of in a horizontal plane from one side through an 40 the body near its upper edge, in which is entire semicircle to the other side just above mounted the transverse spindle Land the the upper edge ofthc book. Dependingbent- 9o pressure-lever K is provided with a loop or i wire lingers P P are attached to this swinging staple, l), mounted on the spindle, and a cresarm to pass down on opposite sides of a leaf cent-shaped pressure-bar, M, on itslowcr end. of the book, and the end of the arm projects The coils H are provided with the dependbeyond the outer edge of the book to form a ing-spring arms X, which are inserted at their I handle. to enable the arm to be swung over to 9 5 lower ends in sockets in the upper side of the j the other side. One or more of these arms said crescent-shaped pressure-bar, and the maybe provided (two being shown in the lower ends of the above-mentioned arms C t'lrawing's) mounted on the same pivot, and

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by connecting them with separate leaves the latter may be very easily turned without disturbing the holder.

Having thus described the invention, we claim- 1. In a music-book-holder, the combination, with a suitable block or body, of the front spring-actuated pressure-lever pivoted to the block near its upper edge, and the rear springactuated lever pivoted to the block near its lower edge, substantially as specified.

2. In a music-book holder, the combination of the block, the registering spring-coils B B, secured to the rear side of the block near its lower edge and provided with the integral arms C C, the registering spring-coils H II, arranged on the frontside of the block near its upper edge and provided with integral arms N, the transverse spindles D and I, engaging the coils B and II, respectively, and the pressure-levers E and K, mounted, respectively, on the said spindles and provided with transverse pressure-bars, to which are attached the extremities of the arms C and N,

3. In a music-book holder, the combination of the block A, the registering spring-coils B B on its rear side, having arms 0 C, the registering sprin g-coils H H on its front side, having the arms N, the revoluble spindles D I, arranged, respectively, in the said registering coils, the front and rear pressure-levers provided with loops engaging the said spindles and connected to the arms 0 and N, the swinging arms 0, pivoted to the lower end of the front lever, and the depending parallel wire fingers I P, attached to the swinging arms and adapted to engage on opposite sides of a page, substantially as specified.

In testimonythatwe claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JAMiS PINK-KEY GASTON. LEONIDAS CONSTANTINE SMITH.

Witnesses: V

THOMAS J. WATKINs, ROBERT J. FLAKE. 

